| 单词 | disproportion |
| 例句 | His loyalty extended without disproportion to things, the patient, obstinate, reliable things that we use and get used to, the things we live by. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The disproportion between their personal feelings and the wanton destruction of real estate and innocent life is both comical and horrific, and also oddly persuasive. Review: ‘Colossal,’ With Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and Giant Monsters 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z I don't know why I call it an imbalance since the disproportion is in perfect poise with the world as it is. Are Shakespeare's women second-class citizens? 2012-07-19T11:09:28Z When asked about the disproportion, Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi, the executive director of the city’s chamber of commerce, said that as redevelopment continued, particularly on the West Side, she anticipates more merchants of color would be represented. Greetings (and Shopping) From Asbury Park, N.J. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z For Alemani, the exhibition’s disproportion has a much more precise aim: reconstituting the past to let us see the present with keener eyes. Looking Inward, and Back, at a Biennale for the History Books 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z “The emotions of ‘In a Lonely Place’ seem to overwhelm the details of the story,” Mr. Scott says, “and this kind of disproportion is a hallmark of Nicholas Ray’s best films.” ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'In a Lonely Place' 2011-08-29T21:20:13Z Adam Zagajewski, in his essay “The Shabby and Sublime,” says that the poetry of recent years is “marked by a disproportion … between powerful expressions of the inner life and the ceaseless chatter of self-satisfied craftsmen.” When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z That this feeling of disproportion is fainter in the Broadway production than in 2018 may provide a clue to the answer. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It offers one of the most remarkable disproportions between the precise personalism of its action and the overwhelming scope of its achievement. The Misplaced Nostalgia for Movies Like “The Graduate” 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z These scenes seem borrowed from Westerns and war films, but they retain the absolute simplicity of their comic strangeness: the disproportion between ant-sized Scott and the scale of the world that he knows. "Ant-Man" Is a Superhero Movie for Skeptics 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The action grows symphonic in scope, but it's a strangely lumpy symphony with an abrupt wrap-up and an oddball disproportion between themes stated and themes explored. Ward Just's novel 'Rodin's Debutante': converging lives, loose ends 2011-03-09T23:49:04Z In recent years, however, the disproportions have grown even more extreme. Trump has reason to worry about RFK Jr. 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The Congressional Budget Office and National Academy of Sciences, to name two sources that painstakingly documented the disproportion. Column: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This top-heavy treatment of the “Messiah” isn’t uncommon — that centerpiece “Hallelujah” can justify just about any level of choral disproportion. Perspective | Move over, Mariah: For my Christmas spirit, I went all in on Handel 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z That disproportion slights the postwar failure of his push to make a Christian Sparta among citizens more devoted to making money and buying consumer goods. Review | Should we celebrate Samuel Adams, or condemn him? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “This is yet another stupidity, another non-market decision that has no future. All administrative restrictions in global trade only lead to disproportions and higher prices,” Mr. Putin said, according to Russian news agency TASS. EU head proposes price cap on Russian gas amid Europe’s energy crisis 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z That doesn’t mean selling exceptional museum art to rectify the disproportion makes sense. Commentary: An Ohio museum is holding the biggest sale of museum art yet. It's unconscionable 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In government, every serious mistake is, at bottom, a matter of disproportion. Opinion | Witness how progressives in government forfeit the public’s trust 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Fisher’s note of late had come from his gargantuan contract and its mathematical disproportion to his meaningful wins. Analysis | There are Saturdays that go berserk, and then there was — wait, Alabama did what? 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “However, these programs do not constitute a proper and comprehensive response. The industry needs to be compensated for the disproportions and restore some balance to the ecosystem.” Canada saving its free press 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The research highlights a disproportion between the amenities available on local High Streets for people living in deprived communities, compared to the amenities available in more affluent areas. Gambling: Poorer UK towns found to have the most betting shops, study shows 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes it's the severity or the disproportion to external events that seems to matter, but I don't think this is an easily resolved question. In "The Empire of Depression," a medical historian digs into the ailment's peculiar history 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Homicide and gun violence are visited with massive disproportion on America's Black communities. State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Langton said Australian politicians did not acknowledge that the disproportion rate of indigenous people being sent to prison was a problem and police were not trained to prevent indigenous deaths in custody. The Latest: Man drives at protesters in Seattle, shoots one 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “It’s not just the occurrence of a shooting like this. It’s not just the disproportion of deaths that occur from a virus. But it’s all of the ways in which the system is set up.” Young jogger’s death upends conversation at a time of racial pain 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z A number of civil society organisations quit the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s independent Taser advisory group last month in protest against a lack of meaningful action to address the disproportion. Police watchdog investigates London stun gun shooting 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Though, research shows racial and ethnic minorities and low-income households are missed at a disproportion rate in census calculations compared to their counterparts, indicating the possibility that there are more Hispanics in the community. What happened to teen? Life, death and the meaning of ‘took’ 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Statewide, the reporting deficiencies are even more severe, even as the racial disproportion appears greater. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The various decisions also suppress the influence of poorer and non-white Americans and extend the electoral power of Republicans in disproportion to the popular vote. Opinion | John Roberts comes face to face with the mess he made 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Paradoxically, because advertisers can no longer target by age or gender, they have little recourse to remedy these disproportions. Facebook ads can still discriminate against women and older workers, despite civil rights settlement 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “There is such a disproportion between a researcher and a mighty company such as Huawei,” she said. Huawei Sues the F.C.C., Ramping Up Fight With Critics and Foes 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “I am saying that 80 to 90% of the work that I can see going on the EU relationship is about preparation for no deal. It’s about disproportion,” she told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show. Sticking to Brexit plan, UK's Johnson will not seek a delay 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Avery interjects, “I believe,” and persuades Leiser to believe, too, even as he comes to know, better than the others, “the fatal disproportion between the dream and reality.” Boris Johnson’s “Looking Glass” Brexit 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The motive of the act, the desire, can be in wild disproportion with its effects—or not in any logical way connected at all. The Las Vegas Massacre Report and the Rise of Second Amendment Nihilism 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z So, the country reverberates with campaign sound and fury signifying nothing so much as the preposterous disproportion between the money and energy that people expend to get into Congress and this institution’s lassitude. Opinion | A California election that might actually matter 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “It gives disproportionate weight to oftentimes rural parts of the states, justifying disproportion in terms of representation and the allocation of state and federal funds,” Johnson said. NAACP sues Connecticut over 'prison gerrymandering' 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The disproportion is similar at other high-achieving New York City schools where admission is determined by an achievement test. Progressive Education Today 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Because he’s become, in many respects, the face of the tournament, Murray routinely receives a disproportion amount of criticism for its perceived shortcomings. In defense of Bill Murray - Golf Digest 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Compare that with roughly 400,000 fatal US casualties and one begins to grasp the disproportion. The devil’s pact: Putin, the alt-right, and the long shadow of history 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Nearly a third of those the police shot were black – a huge disproportion given that African Americans comprise just 9% of the city’s population. Rodney King riots 25 years later: a view from the corner where it all began 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Now one question: Have their compensations declined because of the complexity of D-F rules or have they only kept increasing in massive disproportion compared to those of their low-level corporate employees ? Welcome Back, Wall Street. Now Pay Us Back. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A peculiarity of today’s politics is the disproportion between Democrats’ fervent desires to serve in Congress and their lackadaisical willingness to cede its powers. Congress insists on making itself irrelevant 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “The locale of the calcification is different and the disproportion of the face, and they look different. In other cases of microcephaly, newborns are small for gestational age,” she says. Heartbreak and hardship for women in Brazil as Zika crisis casts deep shadow | Sarah Boseley 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “It’s not a question of the disproportion between blacks and whites, or Asians, but the disproportion between blacks of today and blacks of the previous generation,” he says. The March of Foolish Things 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z This stark disproportion in revenue is especially glaring in the health care and social assistance sector, where women own almost 65 percent of the firms. A Quick Look at the Job Market Before Labor Day 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The troubling disproportion between executive and worker pay is hardly a secret, nor is it clearly material to investors, who are the intended audience of SEC disclosure forms. The SEC’s steady hand 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The disproportion of calls merits the special attention of a district, Bones said, but there are other factors. Boise police go back to walking a beat 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z One of them, Sally Clark, said the report was not going to be “the one thing that changes the disproportion that we see in the criminal justice system.” Editorial: Don’t sideline Juvenile and Family Justice Center 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The disproportion of reward to effort in America is a disgrace and getting worse. Has Obama Forgotten That the GOP Won the Midterms? 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Bryant agreed, as he usually does when disproportion is brought up. Kobe Bryant sticks to his guns, but Lakers stick to their losing ways 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The commission said the disproportion between different ethnic groups remained "stubbornly high". Police stop-and-search code launched 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “It’s the old adage, ‘If you build it, they will come,’ with a little twist to account for socioeconomic disproportion: If you build it where they are, they will flourish,” he said. Little League World Series: Mo’Ne Davis and Jackie Robinson West have a big impact The unanimous ruling Tuesday by the state’s highest court called the fine “strikingly disproportionate” and said the fact that it was mandatory “merely exacerbates the disproportion.” Mandatory Pa. casino theft fine ruled tossed out 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It just feels like, because of that sort of basic disproportion, there has to be something else to this. Steve Kornacki’s wild month: MSNBC host opens up on Christie, his reporting and what happens next 2014-01-23T13:30:00Z His point is that "thanks to the internet, the disproportion between writerly supply and demand, always tricky, has tipped: anyone can write, and everyone does." Is this a golden age for cricket writing? 2013-03-12T14:48:49Z In particular, I wonder what Apple execs think of the disproportion between their own relatively tiny marketing expenses and Samsung's gargantuan budget. Google v Samsung: who will win this battle of the handsets? 2013-01-07T12:42:00Z Whether this disproportion existed in precontact times, I do not know. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z Killarney is the most perfect effort of Nature to bring together without disproportion all her choicest charms. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z What reason is there for the disproportion, if any? Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z First, the magnitude of the danger, the utter disproportion between the strength of the defending people and that of the invading host, was fitted to throw him on God. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z A marked disproportion between the life-term of larva and imago is common; the former often lives for months or years, while the latter only survives for weeks or days or hours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z So that the disproportion was not so great as might have been supposed. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z The same apparent disproportion exists between Niobe and her children, in the celebrated group at Florence, supposed to be by Scopas. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The disproportion was certainly not due to any discrimination by the officers or crew in assisting the passengers to the boats. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z The strongest feeling one has, as he stops half way up to look about him, is the ludicrous disproportion between it and the size of the inhabiting animals. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Then, as Nicholas passed through the courts of the palace, he stared with surprise, not unmixed with indignation, at the disproportion of the numbers of Chinese to those of the Tartars. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z It is apt to be soon complicated by that disproportion between pulse and respiration so characteristic of inflammatory diseases. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z And this, O man! is thy only solace in those paroxysms of despair which must result to the yet eager heart from the vast disproportion between our perceptions and our exhibition of those perceptions. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z But the disproportion between the taxes of the two kingdoms is much overrated in Great Britain. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z If your argument is right the disproportion is so great that it makes no difference. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z And yet the disproportion of means to the end sought would be reasonable when compared with what Jehovah is claimed to have done. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z There is a remarkable disproportion and dissimilarity between the cerebral and peripheral nervous phenomena in relapsing fever and those familiar to us in typhus and typhoid fevers. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I am trying, all the while, to write one with the opposite disproportion—the body too big for its head. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z But supposing the disproportion to be as great as is erroneously imagined in Great Britain, it will not conclude in favour of the prohibition. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z I say the disproportion is so great—they having failed to show that the knowledge was in her possession, put there by him—that the contract must be set aside. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z The unwanted attention she has been getting is in total disproportion to the tiny weekly paper she edits. Argentina and Britain's Unfinished War: Hate Email, Harrassing Calls and Prince William 2012-02-06T09:40:00Z The distribution of these figures over given areas was marked by the usual disproportion. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z There was an almost comical disproportion between its large helpless bulk and the tiny size of its conquerors, but this was a case where numbers counted. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z While the universe, despite frequent inadequacy, disproportion and catastrophe, still abounds in obvious beauty and happiness, Science for a time shut its eyes to beneficence, and denied benevolence and even purpose. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Yet the disproportions of his attire did but enhance the picturesqueness of a personality that would be striking even in a bath, though it was not likely to be seen there. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Any sense of dissatisfaction that one feels in contemplating it is due to the disproportion between a limited expression and the multifarious immensity of the country. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z And yet I believe there is an utter disproportion between men's expenditure on themselves and their outlay on works of charity and works of mercy. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z But I ask, in answer, Does the principle of competition contain, by chance, within itself any method by which this murderous disproportion is to be avoided? Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z The House of Representatives.—The house of representatives everywhere is a more numerous body than the senate, and in a few states the disproportion is very great. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z The capital province now contained twenty-seven per cent. of the total population, and the disproportion in wealth and percentage of foreigners was far greater. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The Americans and Australians are good examples of this premature decay caused by the disproportion of the upper and lower jaws. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z A large disproportion; and, moreover, the troops of the Allies were not made the most of by their commanders. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Its breadth and length are so judiciously chosen, that it appears both broad and long without disproportion. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Tactically the disproportion was sufficient to give the latter the victory, if, strategically, it could be made effective at a given time and place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Expostulations upon the disproportion of the punishment were also made by various classes of society; but, alas! the happiness of the subject was destroyed, while the higher authorities remained not only unimpeached, but defended! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z The statistical disproportion between the white and colored worlds becomes still more marked when we turn from surveys of area to tables of population. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z When gods or heroic personages were represented, the masks were larger than life, and the disproportion of the size of the head with the rest of the body, was obviated by two different contrivances. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Nothing disproportions us, nor makes us so uncapable of being reunited to those whom we loved here, as murmuring, or not advancing the goodness of him, who hath removed them from hence. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour 2011-09-12T02:00:24.913Z It is true that where the national suicide rate is high, many Catholics also commit suicide, but there is a distinct disproportion between them and their neighbors. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z And this great disproportion between the two kinds of literature, we must observe, is a peculiar phenomenon. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The disproportion makes me think there must be some error of the press.... Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z But the prime minister cautioned against direct comparisons, noting the large disproportion in the two countries’ troop commitments. Slow Withdrawal Plan for British Troops in Afghanistan 2011-07-07T00:59:28Z Foul disproportion draws down shame on love, But where's the crime in fair equality? The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z Everywhere is noticeable an enormous disproportion between the numbers of adults and children—a feature, in view of the fewness of the former, that argues badly for a much longer continuance of the race. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z But as my accompanying blog post stated, the only way the Mariners were going to avoid a repeat of their offensive woes this season was to increase payroll to erase some of that disproportion. Please, let's not start with the payroll excuses already for why Mariners won't take their shot 2011-06-28T17:29:04Z Wellington had 68,000 men, so the disproportion in numbers was not very great, but Napoleon was much stronger in cavalry and artillery. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z It is true that where the national suicide rate is high many Catholics also commit suicide, but there is a distinct disproportion between them and their neighbors. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Fancy had envisaged an immense cook with a great red face, and a liver swollen to atrabiliar disproportions. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The disproportion between the numbers and the food is the only real cause of social poverty. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z "Very well, then, and how can the disproportion of what we have make your grandmamma uneasy?" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z No difference of soil, no diversity of climate, no diversity in the original settlement of those two States, can account for the remarkable disproportion in their natural advancement. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z There may be increased disproportion between the different fingers. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Let them compare these with previous enumerations, and they will see how invariable and large is the disproportion in numbers between the agricultural and other classes. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z For the works of nature are full of disproportion, and fall very short of the true standard of beauty. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z At first, on the discovery of the true proportion between the Island and the Main Land, everything was swallowed up in the sense of that proportion; or rather, of that tremendous disproportion. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z There must have been in it the same simplicity, the same almost Egyptian massiveness, and yet the same unity of plan and purpose which excludes all idea of clumsiness or disproportion. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z This disproportion in size of the fingers and toes is exceedingly frequent. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z That disproportion must of course have been greater during our colonial existence and at the Revolutionary period, when our commerce was trifling, and we were almost if not entirely destitute of manufactures. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Beveridge ascribes crises to industrial competition, May to the disproportion between the increase in wages and in productivity, Hobson to over-saving,... Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He throws it out and uses it as we have described, but it has not that disproportion to the other toes which we expected to find as the result of a strictly arboreal life. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z This disproportion, no doubt, can be accounted for in part, but whether wholly is very doubtful, by the males ascending the rivers before the females. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The disproportion was so great that a relaxation of the marriage laws was permitted for a time in certain of the countries and men were allowed to have two wives. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z This disproportion between plan and fulfilment was due partly to official incapacity or worse, partly to a popular resistance which was not due to disaffection. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z The disproportion of numbers in this battle was greatly in favor of Meade, and he had, besides, the advantage of acting on the defensive, in an intrenched position. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Dwarfishness is, however, often accompanied by disproportion of the limbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The new-comer was a man of tall, but almost too slim figure, whose careless carriage brought out still more forcibly the disproportion between height and breadth. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The disproportion between the maximum diameter of the disk and that of the projectile is particularly marked when the calibre of the latter is much in excess of the thickness of the plate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The disproportion of growth of the two original segments of the parietal bone will, I believe, be found more common as attention is directed to this subject. A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal In no other country, unless it be Mexico, is there such a manifest disproportion in this respect. The Story of Malta And when the disproportion appears, the workers who are blindly but ambitiously pushing ahead endeavor to overcome, by increasing the quantity of output, what they lose by reducing the price. Races and Immigrants in America This disproportion is universal in nature, and quite in conformity with the physical laws which govern the transformation of energy. The Mechanism of Life We must, too, see those frightful disproportions which exist between the millionaire Saint-Remy, and the artisan Morel. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The result of this action was very definitely a disproportion in the individual expenditure of members of the college. Sinister Street, vol. 2 It is evident that there was a fatal disproportion between the military strength of the parties and the ultimate object of every war. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. In the country at large the disproportion is not so great. Races and Immigrants in America A distinguished professor of physiology was accustomed to teach that the disproportion between action and reaction was the characteristic of life. The Mechanism of Life But, inasmuch as these inevitable disproportions are consecrated, protected by the law, so those who possess such wealth ought morally to be accountable to those who have only probity, resignation, courage, and desire to labour. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 But the slim arms, the spare willowy body, the little white sandalled feet of the little girl—these overcame him with a pitifully amused sense of the disproportion of means to end. The Firebrand Does the disproportion between sixteen and forty-five years appear to you a trifle? The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Boston, for example, with its large Irish immigration beginning two generations ago, shows a similar disproportion. Races and Immigrants in America The disproportion between action and reaction is therefore no characteristic of life. The Mechanism of Life There may have been, before the note issue, an actual dearth of currency, or a growing disproportion between the amount of the currency and the work that it had to do. An Example of Communal Currency The facts about the Guernsey Market House Observe him near, your envy will abate: 372 Shamed at the disproportion vast, between The passion and the purchase, he will sigh At such success, and blush at his renown. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes For the most part, however, Froissart's poems, like almost all the poems of the period, suffer from the disproportion of their length to their matter. A Short History of French Literature In the first place, it was easier for them to find the enemy than for the latter to find them, because of the disproportion between the number of their vessels. The Greater Republic A History of the United States It was formerly held, and is still held by some physiologists, that the chief characteristic of life is the disproportion between an excitation and the response which it invokes from the organism. The Mechanism of Life The result is a disproportion between the amount of food transported and the means of cooking it. Camp and Trail We do know that we may inherit certain disproportions, certain maladies, that interfere with our soundness; these we have to fight against. The American Country Girl Veritably that puzzle was a godsend this morning, claiming her interest in absurd disproportion. An Unknown Lover Ten years hence Bulawayo will aspire higher towards the sky, and when the electric trams run in double lines between rows of shade trees, there will be no sense of disproportion between buildings and streets. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal This system produced a great disproportion between the sums available for capital and those available for The cost of internationalism. administrative expenditure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Why, when I think of the immense disproportion in age; when I see on one side—" "Fiddle faddle! if I were seventy, it wouldn't make it better. One Of Them The high heels of my white ball slippers, which were adorned with golden ties, contributed to counterbalance the disproportion in my little person at the other extremity. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) That colossus needs the open air, he stifles under the roof of a Palace and his disproportion to everything around him is shocking. Michelangelo The danger was greater in the English islands than in either of these states, from the enormous disproportion of numbers. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses A mere copyer of Nature can never produce any thing great; for the works of Nature are full of disproportion.' The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. There has been a pronounced disproportion in the numbers of trainees in the various technical specialities, and technical training generally has not been up to the level demanded by modern technology. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Dr. Howe had really no need of them, and I laughed with him at their disproportion to his height, which would in any case have made it impossible for him to use them. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Secondly, because in the mode of that provision I thought the remission of income-tax was large out of all proportion to the remission on indirect taxes; and this disproportion I regarded as highly dangerous. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) When the tables were taken away, the soldiers danced in their armor with the ladies, as many of them as there were, but the disproportion in numbers was very great. Hernando Cortez Makers of History What sadness underlies all history, and what disproportion there is between man's sacrifices and their results! Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty On the basis of cultivated acreage, state farms received more investment than collective farms, but the disproportion was gradually reduced and become quite small by 1970. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Kellett's Court was one of those great mansions which the Irish gentlemen of a past age were so given to building, totally forgetting how great the disproportion was between their house and their rent-roll. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Each shows also a striking disproportion of numbers: the little force on the defensive completely defeating the much larger body of the attack. Poitiers And it was this which always left so huge a disproportion between the object he in theory desired to obtain and the forces with which he set out to attain it. Crécy But it is of great importance to note the disproportion of cavalry. The Battle of Blenheim I will give you two instances of this disproportion, real instances, of men who are known to me personally. The Intellectual Life The years of tranquillity outnumber those of disturbance, and that disproportion, already very great, may be said to be increasing. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. At this moment the contrast between the courage of the two gentlemen was to the full as apparent as the ludicrous disproportion in their size. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment The price of food is closely related to the growing disproportion between consumers and producers, resulting from urban congestion. Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Riper experience first teaches us to shun this disproportion of objects, and to leave the investigation of what is simplest and loftiest to worldly wisdom. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. In spite of this disproportion between man and woman, the union, contracted almost in childhood, is only dissolved by death. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Such a disproportion, it seems, might exist, in the case of a ghostly war between the harvest of possible results and the slender band of reapers that were to gather it in. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The Army Medical Officer looked the Secretary and Reporter up and down, taking in that vision of inappropriateness and disproportion. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium The disproportion is too great in our professional schools. The Demand and the Supply of Increased Efficiency in the Negro Ministry The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 13 The same want of humour which made him insensible to incongruity may perhaps account also for the singular unconsciousness of disproportion which so often strikes us in his poetry. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Throughout the north of Europe the helpless decline of Protestantism is betrayed by the numerical disproportion of preachers to the people. The History of Freedom This dangerous and dishonourable disproportion at once supplies the one with the means of corrupting, and throws the other into the predicament of being corrupted. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 One cause of this disproportion, which we presume is but little known, but which is worthy of special notice, will be found in the numerous societies among themselves for mutual aid. Thoughts on African Colonization No one of the pedestrians appeared to be in a hurry; and under all the holiday air of flowers there was a pathetic disproportion of pale and weary faces. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 The disproportion in weight and muscle was enormous; but Jack had not a spare ounce of flesh on his bones, while the pitman was fleshy and out of condition. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The disproportion between crime and sentence was incomprehensible to his mind. Jena or Sedan? Further, the representation of the Free States had steadily increased from the origin of the Government; the admission of California threatened, at last, to open the way for a corresponding disproportion in the Senate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 All such disproportions are regrettable, but this is not extreme: we have seen horses of a different colour since then. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) There can be no disproportion between consciousness and the unconscious, because they are absolutely incommensurable; and number, in relation to consciousness, is an illusion. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' If the disproportion between the two be very considerable, we must employ a cork which fits the neck of the recipient, having a circular hole of proper dimensions to admit the beak of the retort. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Rarely has such an engagement been willingly entered into, where the disproportion between the contending parties was so considerable. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 As a mitigation of the shocking disproportion between the unmarried and the married, the circumstance may be taken into consideration that a not small number of the unmarried were insane from early childhood. Woman under socialism It was, softened by distance, that species of lion’s roar, incredibly large as issuing from a human throat, and comical from such a disproportion, which had startled the audience several times already that evening. Aurora the Magnificent By and by one or the other of us will discover this disproportion. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts You write me word that I am out of favour with a certain poet, whom I have admired for the disproportion of him and his attributes. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches This disproportion between means and expense soon brings on a crisis. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty On the other hand, Portugal, Norway and Poland, with 1,076 females to every 1,000 males, present the strongest disproportion. Woman under socialism He did not find this the least bit sage, while the dwarf from Saturn would have kissed the sectarian of Locke were it not for the extreme disproportion. Romans — Volume 3: Micromegas I am well aware of the disproportion which exists between the magnitude of my task and the imperfections of my work. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study "It is the other way, mother; he has taken me," said Diana, half laughing at what seemed to her the disproportion between her mother's passion and the occasion for it. Diana The whole height of the statue with the pedestal was about fifty feet; by its very disproportion to the size of the temple it was made to appear still larger than it really was. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A principal cause of this disproportion is emigration, inasmuch as by far more men emigrate than women. Woman under socialism While engaged in these experiments I was struck with the remarkable disproportion in weight between the membrane and the bones that were vibrated by it. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery There is a repetition of the charge of disproportion in objects, brought against Raffaelle, to which we do not implicitly bow. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Nor did this disproportion, though increasing with the growing prosperity, represent a general balance of trade against the United States, as one school of political economists would insist it must have done. James Madison Fitzjames was still doomed to be an illustration of the curious disproportion which may exist between a man's intrinsic power and his fitness for professional success. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Then, in addition to these absolute weaknesses, come the disproportions of the body, the distemperature of various organs. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character "Visions of God break the heart, because, by the sight the soul then has of His perfections, it sees its own infinite and unspeakable disproportion." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Another question is this: Since the use of preventives is available to both sections alike, the Doctor accounts for the supposed natural disproportion by assuming that the better classes restrain themselves. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science This disproportion between male and female scholars in Corsica is very remarkable. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Matilda Blind says "This affects one with something of the ludicrous disproportion of making use of the fires of Etna to fry one's eggs by." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The commonest cause is a disproportion between the size of the tendon and its sheath, such as may result from a localised thickening of the tendon. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. As originally established, however, the disproportion of power between the upper and the lower house was so great as to cause much just dissatisfaction. William Penn Whence has arisen this astonishing disproportion between the great things done by the citizens in ancient and in modern times, when in the latter the means of enlarged cultivation have been so immeasurably extended? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 On comparing the respective progress made since 1814 by non-Catholic Christian nations, with the advancement of power attained by Catholic nations, one is struck with astonishment at the disproportion. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge His rocks present him with but the fact of the disproportion, without accounting for it. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland It is called static because the essential factor in its production is a disproportion between the weight of the body and the supporting power of the arch of the foot. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. They that have seen our former reformation in its integrity, before the late deformation, can hardly refrain from weeping at the sight of the sad disproportion between this and the former. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies All these instances of sudden emancipation have taken place in a colony where the disproportion between black and white is more than a hundred to one. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans It were therefore a mistake publicly to reveal the ridiculous disproportion between the number of really cultured people and the enormous magnitude of the educational apparatus. On the Future of our Educational Institutions As he saw very clearly, the great disproportion between their length and their width was to be explained as easily by the requirements of a wooden roof as by those of a clay vault. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The disproportion in wealth was at least equally great. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Holland presents a singular disproportion between the expansive force of its political, scientific, and commercial life and that of its literary life. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) No difference of soil—no diversity of climate—no diversity in the original settlement of those two States, can account for the remarkable disproportion in their national advancement. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans It was hailed at the time as a miraculous triumph for the commoners, the disproportion between the opposing forces being somewhat exaggeratedPg 079 by enthusiastic contemporary chroniclers. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day M. Place lays great stress upon the disproportion between the length and width of many of the apartments. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 They do not remember that disproportion in such matters is fatal. The Cult of Incompetence The extreme disproportion between men, that we seem to see in life, is a thing of changing lights and lengthening shadows, a twilight full of fancies and distortions. What I Saw in America In a civilized country, one would expect that if any disproportion existed in the laws, it would be in favor of the ignorant and defenceless; but the reverse is lamentably the case here. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Then one noticed that his head was unmistakably out of proportion to his body, yet the disproportion was not nearly so marked as it had been in infancy. The Wonder This is accomplished by a demonstration of the disproportion between what is to be known, and our faculties of knowing,—the disproportion, to wit, between the infinite and the finite. Spare Hours The case will be even more frequent, as increased cultivation creates a greater and greater disproportion between the ideas and faculties of women, and the scope which society allows to their activity. The Subjection of Women They exhibit a joyous inconsistency, the disproportion which is the essence of parody combined with the accuracy which is the sine qua non of satire. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Relatively to the population there was more "meat" of oxen and sheep in this country than on the continent of Europe, and this disproportion has been maintained. More Science From an Easy Chair I would gladly bestow upon you the Princess; but the disproportion is too great; besides, our daughters must have husbands who will last, and you no longer know how to preserve yourselves. Humorous Ghost Stories These sayings come upon us with such surprise, it is impossible to help laughing at them; for nothing produces laughter more than surprising disproportion between what one hears and what one expects. Pascal Thus comparison between whites and blacks, between primitive and civilized peoples, shows that, for equal populations, there is an enormous disproportion as to the number of innovators. Essay on the Creative Imagination The same disproportion of number and value may be noticed on many occasions between the sin-offering and the peace offering. Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. The disproportion in the world between pleasure and cost is indeed almost ludicrous. The Map of Life Conduct and Character The inequality of his various productions may be compared to the disproportions of the ungrown giant. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 There, the disproportion is striking between the work and the result. Creative Evolution It is acknowledged, that many pastors ought to have become missionaries before they were settled—that the present amazing disproportion between settled ministers at home, and missionaries abroad, ought never to have existed. Thoughts on Missions Then, if you see that any part begins to shrink into disproportion, you can easily remedy ft. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The mere disproportion of age prevents such an affection from offering any grounds on which to examine his capability of being constant. My Recollections of Lord Byron There is nothing but disagreement and disproportion—a constant missing of the mark, a stretching of the hand for that which is not. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 A noteworthy fact is the extraordinary disproportion between the consequences of an invention and the invention itself. Creative Evolution Hence, to cultivate one to the neglect of the other is to disproportion him whom God created in His own image. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings It is somewhat of a disproportion to dwell on the fight that followed and the fall of the great city. Lord Kitchener The most remarkable thing is the apparent disproportion between Coleridge's definite services to philosophy and the effect which he certainly produced upon some of his ablest contemporaries. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Fat is thus an abnormal production, resulting from a disproportion of carbon in the food to that of the oxygen respired by the lungs or absorbed by the skin. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Between the effect and the cause the disproportion is so great that it is difficult to regard the cause as producer of its effect. Creative Evolution All that he dreamed, all that was in embryo within his brain, he fancied was already in form and on the page, and he was aghast at the disproportion between the dream and the reality. Jack 1877 As matters eventuated, he raised the internal sphere so that the disproportion with the external might be reduced. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch It is a similar disproportion which has marked the campaigns of Napoleon in Italy in 1796, and in France in 1814, with immortality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Haply the disproportion may engage The harmless ail-too-wise which otherwise Might knot themselves disknitting of a clue That Bacon wrote me. From a Cornish Window A New Edition In the case of many nuts the disproportion is greater. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 A great disproportion of fortune would have terrified me, while the very moderation of his resources attracted me. Jack 1877 Nevertheless, Washington gave battle to the English; but the result was disastrous to the Americans, owing to the disproportion of the forces engaged. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Even the expert, who is often able to detect the foreign name in its apparently English garb, cannot rectify this disproportion for us. The Romance of Names This certainly is mans duety, whatever God, out of his soveraignity, hath done, or may doe in the case of want, or disproportion of meanes.”—Answer of the Commission, ut supra, p. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The census showed that the North was already greatly superior in numbers, and that the disproportion was an increasing one. A History of the United States In all cities the disproportion is greater than in the country. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Notwithstanding the great disproportion between the contending parties, the Russians were defeated, although attacked in their intrenchments, and all the artillery fell into the hands of the Swedes. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Enter it, and you will find the same filth, the same ruins, the same disproportions as anywhere else. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 There is an infinite distance and disproportion betwixt God and man, yet he came over all that to love man. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He placed his hands together and noted their disproportion, considered the wounded arm, and then—he remembered. The Flaw in the Sapphire The disproportion of men to women in new countries is due to the disinclination of women to emigrate. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother And besides their other shortcomings extempore speakers fall into great disproportion and repetition, whereas a well considered speech preserves its due proportions. Plutarch's Morals In all its details and in its comparative dimensions, especially in the disproportion between the size of the head and that of the body, this picture is identical with the Droeshout engraving. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles But there is this lamentable disproportion betwixt our apprehensions and the things themselves, which is the ground of much disappointment, and so of vexation. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Difficult parturition from narrow pelvis.—A disproportion between the fetus got by a large stallion and the pelvis of a small dam is a serious obstacle to parturition, sometimes seen in the mare. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Nevertheless observation and experience soon show what may be termed the average size of each plant, and any disproportion between the several organs is speedily detected. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants In size of ships the disproportion was even greater. History of the English People, Volume IV The extent of his fields, the amount of his produce, the intelligence and industry of his cultivation, bear an immense disproportion to those of his less ornamental, though more energetic, neighbor. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Now is there not a more infinite distance, a greater disproportion between us and the divine nature, so that we cannot rise up to an understanding notion of it, in itself? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning If the disproportion is too great the only resort is embryotomy. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Great repairs were begun some years ago under the direction of the city corporation, struck, as every body was, by the great disproportion between the chancel and nave. Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg It may have been forty feet square on the ground, and was only a story and a half high, but a projecting roof, and a front dormer-window, relieved it from the appearance of disproportion. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Further, inasmuch as human life just in its mental functions is related to its social surroundings, much must depend on the external conditions, whether the disproportion and abnormality has to be treated as pathological. Psychotherapy Some careful observers have occasionally attributed abortion to disproportion in size between the male and the female. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The disproportion between the size of the stomach and the quantity of water drunk tells us plainly that the horse should always be watered before feeding. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The prolixity of the narrative, too, is always in monstrous disproportion to its importance. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries In wealth and comfort there was the same disproportion between the French and English colonies. Canada Yet the disproportion in number of those miscellanies which have succeeded in America, to those which enrich the republic of letters in England, is astonishing, considering the comparative population of the two countries. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 I have heard young men complain bitterly about the disproportion between their bodily passions and their will-power. Men in the Making The result of this disproportion between impulse and power is, to the critical mind, disastrous; but it does not so make itself felt with the ordinary reader. My Contemporaries In Fiction In all history there is no record of such a siege, of such a disproportion in the forces, of such a glorious outcome. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs The disproportion in the sizes of the predatory wasps and their insect prey is indeed astonishing. My Studio Neighbors So great is the disproportion between the calculable and the incalculable elements of his life that he is like a man crouching in the dark, expecting a blow from any quarter. The Moral Economy At Coal Harbor the disproportion was much greater than elsewhere. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Strong souls, thus inharmoniously embodied, have often developed some irregularity of heart or brain: a disproportion, which only strength of purpose or the most favorable conditions of life could balance and overcome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience The disproportion is so great between the two cells, that the phenomenon does not at first suggest the idea of cell division, and it is usually described as the extrusion of the first polar body. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata Milton plainly saw the danger of arousing a sense of incongruity and ludicrous disproportion from the contest between these harmless tame creatures and the great forces of Satan's empire. Milton It is precisely here that the danger of "disproportion" was found. The Complex Vision The disproportion between the philosophical and the political development in Germany is no abnormality. Selected Essays The enormous disproportion of ages gave to the new inclination of the queen a stamp of dotage inconsistent with the reputation for good sense and dignity-240--vol ii- of conduct which she had hitherto preserved. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth They were, however, not yet in sight; still, our ships were larger, with more men than were on board the Dutch, so that the disproportion of strength was not so great as might appear. The Boy who sailed with Blake Eighteen guns to thirty-eight or forty, which probably the stranger carried, was a greater disproportion than even the gallant Brine was inclined to encounter. True Blue The admiral, seeing the disproportion of force between the Egyptian fort and the little gunboat, signalled the Bittern and Beacon to join her. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Finally, the disproportion between the English and French in the New World was too great for the former to rest satisfied with a compromise. Benjamin Franklin She had taken his hand; really there seemed to be a strange disproportion between her request and the anxious, imploring tone in which it was made. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) This is precisely what we should expect in order to show the disproportion, or want of all proportion, between sins against God and sins against a neighbour. The Parables of Our Lord When out of work, take the first respectable job that offers, heeding not the disproportion between your faculties and your task. Pushing to the Front Allowing then for the Protestants in arms against the Government—out of the country, or within the seat of war—the disproportion between their representatives and the Roman Catholics will lessen greatly. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry All other circumstances were equal—such as ventilation, size of apartments, &c., so that no other cause for this disproportion seemed to exist. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 Just think of the disproportion between the embarrassment of riches in our Christian appliances here in England and the destitution in these distant lands. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. We accordingly do not expect, and do not find a disproportion so vast; and yet, there is a great difference between the two sums. The Parables of Our Lord In the present female mind there is a disproportion in another direction. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. In a word, the disproportion between the prosperity of the wage earning and capitalist classes has in the past two decades become much greater than ever before. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement Her enthusiasm drove the hesitating generals to engage the handful of besiegers, and the enormous disproportion of forces at once made itself felt. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 The disproportion of the white and black elements of the population was then brought before the planters as a perplexing problem. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The news excited the utmost enthusiasm among the troops, as the disproportion of numbers was far greater than it had been at the battle of Delhi. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War In looking at these figures, one cannot help being struck with the enormous disproportion between the journals of Roman Catholic and Protestant countries—a disproportion which is so significant that comment upon it is unnecessary. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy With apparently utter indifference to the vast disproportion in numbers, the Swedish firebrand rushed forward, the Russians, not dreaming of such mad temerity, being sure that he had his whole army behind him. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Place-hunters are not pleasant visitors, or correspondents, and they consume an enormous disproportion of time. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Again, if too much moisture enters the channels of a body, and thus introduces disproportion, the other elements, adulterated by the liquid, are impaired, and the virtues of the mixture dissolved. The Ten Books on Architecture The disproportion in the width of columns in Fig. The Theory and Practice of Perspective By and by the disproportion was inverted, and the alliance continued, with notable results. A History of American Christianity Yet this strange disproportion in your years, And, let me add, disparity of tempers, Might make the world doubt whether such an union Could make you wisely, permanently happy. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Ireland is so poor that each new Act for the relief of poverty increases the disproportion between the expenditure of Great Britain and Ireland. Home Rule Second Edition The first idea, with which I was impressed, on walking through the booths and galleries, on this occasion, was the great disproportion between the objects purely of taste and luxury, and the objects of use. Recollections of Europe It has already been shown that too near a point of distance is objectionable on account of the distortion and disproportion resulting from it. The Theory and Practice of Perspective The disproportions of the Calvinistic system, exaggerated in the popular acceptation, as in the favorite "Day of Doom" of Michael Wigglesworth, forced the effort after practical readjustments. A History of American Christianity It may have been forty feet square on the ground, and was only a story and a half high; but a projecting roof and a front dormer-window relieved it from the appearance of disproportion. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the number of guns and weight of metal the disproportion was still greater. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 The two elder sisters felt strongly the disproportion of their marriages to that of their younger sister. The Arabian Nights Entertainments In lowering the infant mortality we shall reduce this disproportion of male deaths, and shall make for the survival of a larger number of men. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles This is also the case in the large sperm whale, but in Euphysetes the disproportion is still greater. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon They are what they are because of a discord, a disproportion between their various psychic attributes. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The very disproportion and hideousness of the penalty inflamed men's minds to the commission of wrong. The Empire of Love Our asylum insane are largely recruited from the Jewish race, at least recruited in tremendous disproportion to their number in the population. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements More boys than girls are indeed born, but from our infantile mortality, which is largely a male infanticide, onwards, morbid influences are at work which result in the disproportion already named. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles The disproportion between the physical energy and the mental force of Demosthenes, beginning in childhood, is recorded and lamented in the inscription placed on his statue after his death.... Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions Is it the lack of something which normal man possesses, or is it rather a disproportion, a disharmony between the various individual mental faculties of these individuals? Studies in Forensic Psychiatry We suffer also from the sense of inadequacy, the sense, that is, of a burdening disproportion between our own powers and the challenge of life. Modern Religious Cults and Movements "He is to pay for his fault ten times over, then," she cried, in revolt against the disproportion. The Four Feathers There would be a surprising disproportion between the effort and the result. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Is there any surprise that there should be so great a disproportion in the mortality of the races? Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro For this purpose he must know his disproportion to that which surpasses his capacity. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province His own mind full of the great ideas of Christendom and the Faith, he felt a huge disproportion in the allusion to himself. Gilbert Keith Chesterton If an earthly ruler employed such agencies to educate his subjects, with such an extraordinary disproportion between the suffering inflicted and the results attained, what should we think of him? The War and the Churches If I am noticing a mere temporary phenomenon, the destruction of men in the razzias may account for the disproportion. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government It seemed madness to join battle with such a disproportion of numbers. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality For a man's ownership depends on his will, so there is no disproportion if he forfeit something of his own free-will, either by his own or by another's action. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now any one who thinks only of the speech, or the drug, in these cases, may express astonishment at the disproportion of cause and effect: "What great events from trivial causes spring!" Logic Deductive and Inductive This law of a decreasing disproportion between the "called" and the "chosen" is supported by the facts even if we limit our observation to the various species belonging to the same natural order. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) That is to say, humour is an effort of the imagination presenting human nature with some element of distortion or disproportion which instantly kindles mirth. Studies in Early Victorian Literature In some young subjects, there will be observed an extraordinary development of the organ, owing to premature excitement; but the disproportion is not maintained. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. The locust, on the contrary, assails a colossus, far larger and far more vigorous than its enemy; yet the result is a foregone conclusion, in spite of this disproportion. Social Life in the Insect World The disproportion between the size of an atom and the size of an electron is vastly greater than that between the sun and the earth. The Breath of Life The higher and more complex the organization, the smaller the disproportion. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) Caricature, the essence of which is exaggeration of some selected feature, distortion of figure, disproportion of some part, is a potent resource, but one to which the greater masters resort rarely and with much moderation. Studies in Early Victorian Literature There is not so great a disproportion between our justice and that of God, as between unity and infinity. Pascal's Pensées This remarkable power of his jaws had that sinister disproportion only paralleled by the power of the jaws of a hyena; indeed, his teeth very much resembled a hyena's teeth. The Way of the Wild No greater cause of war has ever existed than a disproportion between countries or tribes of such a character that one was rich and weak, while the other was strong and poor. The Navy as a Fighting Machine What an infinite disproportion between her susceptibility to pain and her power to combat it! When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth There is extraordinary disproportion between the different parts of the body. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Advancing enterprise is a very handsome thing, but to exaggerate local merits in order to create disproportion in the general development is not a particularly handsome thing or a particularly intelligent thing. President Wilson's Addresses He was above the small peculations of his order; indeed, had he been inclined to plunder his late masters wardrobe, the absurd disproportion in their size would have saved him from that vulgar temptation. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' But unless there is a very great disproportion, it may be difficult to determine which side has the more powerful ships, even though we may know which side has the more numerous. The Navy as a Fighting Machine There was the same disproportion in the wealth of the two countries and, as men held then, in their military resources. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 And the suggestion that such love would argue 'disproportionateness' is precisely the suggestion that Iago did make in Desdemona's case: Foh! one may smell in such a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Not that there is in that course—in its achievements—any disproportion with the previous promise. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Hence a certain disproportion of treatment, which a general introductory chapter could but partially remedy. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The momentary variation was like that in the price of corn, or any other commodity, the result of a momentary disproportion between the demand and supply. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 They were obviously somewhat mixed, one account borrowing picturesque details from another, and all in disproportion, as when people tell stories in a language they are little familiar with. Four Weird Tales According to the chronology of Pearson the disproportion is still greater, being as eight years and a fraction to fourteen years. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution By which Christ seems to tell us that the disproportion between man and man is much less than we suppose. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series At other times it might have conveyed a painful sense of disproportion in its application to what, from another point of view, was a mere political revolution. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century One of them was the great disproportion of men between the Centurion and the galleon, the other was the humanity with which the people of the galleon were treated after they were taken. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced The disproportion in numbers was enormous, and it looked as if the small force of Bohemians would be swallowed up in the multitude of their foes. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German This is out of all proportion to the birth-rate as between country and city, and one is at a loss to account for the disproportion, unless it is to be credited to environment. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The disproportion is known to become very great after that. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The disproportion between his subject and the means he has of expressing it is too strong. Musicians of To-Day Desmond and his six companions now had fourteen prisoners on their hands, and in ordinary circumstances the disproportion would have been fatal. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Miraculous almost, when one considers the great disproportion of numbers. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German The disproportion between means of attack and defense was enormous. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Marriage is seldom happy where there is a great disproportion of fortune. The History of Emily Montague The worst feature of the problem, however, is not so much the disproportion in the numbers born to the normal and the abnormal respectively, but the fact that the defectives propagate their kind. The Fertility of the Unfit One characteristic is very marked, and it is the disproportion between the small bulb and the fine flowers produced from it. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition I wish I could say that this disproportion were confined to France. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One This he puts together so untowardly, that you may perceive his own wit as the rickets, by the swelling disproportion of the joints. English Satires The emperor found a vast disproportion between promise and performance. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Darwin was led to this discovery on reading Malthus's thesis regarding the disproportion between the rates of increase in population and food, and the consequent struggle for existence. The Fertility of the Unfit Remove this disproportion and you settle the whole question. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 This disproportion will go on to increase until it assimilates to every old country, with a few rich and many poor. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest And this disproportion between induction and conclusion becomes still more glaring, when it is observed that he expects his formula for all history to carry an inference much larger than itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Let him remit his rigor on the disproportion between merit and reward in others, and they will make no inquiry into the origin of his fortune. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) With such a dangerous disproportion, the whole must needs be governed by them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) This Letter was extremely well received by the President; and from that time to the death of M. de Thou, notwithstanding the disproportion of their age and fame, a most intimate correspondence subsisted between them. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works When you come to the nations, there is less disproportion between the strength of the unit and the society. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 The consequences of this pernicious disproportion are unproductive marriages, and a total decline of all morals. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal; though in some particulars there are manifest differences between these two animals, besides the vast disproportion in size. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time If Mulgrave wrote these lines, and Dryden only corrected them, Dryden was at all events indebted to Mulgrave for the thought of the inequality, and disproportion between the mind and body of Shaftesbury. Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 The disproportion between the number of males and females attending is notable. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health And although, in point of population, our numerical inferiority is so trivial as one to ten, even this slight disproportion may be regarded by an Irish Parliament as a fact not unworthy of consideration. The Open Secret of Ireland It is to the excessive use of spirits, and an extraordinary disproportion in the number of females, that this serious evil is to be chiefly imputed. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The chief meaning of our present thinking is that the disproportion between wealth and poverty today cannot be adequately accounted for by the thrift and ignorance of the rich and the poor. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil To the east and west the view has the usual appearance—grassy valleys and hills—with a great disproportion of jungle. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The medical men recognized the disproportion between the exactitude of their anatomical, physiological, and pathological observation and the superficiality of their self-made psychology. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency As it advances in knowledge of his art, he maintains the want of balance, the disproportion that always exists between the genius and the ordinary man, by rising ever to greater heights. Beethoven The disproportion between the upper and lower parts of this animal is greater than has been shown in any former delineations of it, but is well expressed in the plate inserted here. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) These circumstances suggest a slight resemblance to the growing disproportion between the resources of Ireland and Great Britain, but they do not assist us towards a solution of the Irish problem. The Framework of Home Rule What is quite unintelligible," said he to himself, "is the disproportion between the promises made to her by Jesus and the results achieved. The Cathedral Here we have nearly the largest disproportion of whites to slaves in any part of the South. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The true opposite to beauty is not disproportion or deformity, but ugliness: and as it proceeds from causes opposite to those of positive beauty, we cannot consider it until we come to treat of that. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Notwithstanding this apparently enormous disproportion, the results are perfectly in harmony with those effects which are known to be produced by variations in the intensity and quantity of the electric fluid. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Page 201 It is difficult to lose the feeling of disproportion between the size of the Dutch churches and that of the villages and congregations. A Wanderer in Holland The disproportion is thus seen to be enormous. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The disproportion of the happiness of society with its means, is a subject which calls forth all the eloquence and sagacity of this writer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 The most obvious division of society is into rich and poor; and it is no less obvious, that the number of the former bear a great disproportion to those of the latter. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) He insists upon the capacity of men and the disproportion between their potential achievement and that which is secured by actual society. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Much the same disproportion of resources exists as lay between Rome and Carthage. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 The strange disproportion between these totals may serve as a measure of the ferocity of Afghans in the hour of victory. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) One is reminded by this disproportion in time and result how much more concise and quintessential expression becomes when given in rhythmic form than when shaped in the language of prose.' Aspects of Literature The disproportion of Protestants to Roman Catholics, which appears by the census of 1861, cannot be accounted for by the statistics of 1641—be those statistics true or false. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Yet how vast the disproportion between the crime and the punishment! Nightfall In ten years the disproportion will be still greater. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Yet these preparations bore an infinite disproportion to the display of wealth of mind, of energy of thought, and national pomp, which ushered in the glorious morning. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 The disproportion between the contending forces was excessive. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock The casualties among the officers maintained their usual glorious disproportion, six or seven regiments in the army having less than eight officers left alive and unwounded. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria We have not observed any marked disproportion in the deaths of adults of any particular age compared with other parts of the world. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before For the real ground of this dependence upon foreign forces is the disproportion between the populations of Germany and France and between the resources of the two nations. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Their fate does not concern us, for this reason—men with a narrow horizon and no wings must accept all apparent disproportions between cause and effect. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales She looked behind the mirror, turned it upside down, and at last, when she felt assured that it was the royal person it caricatured, she commenced measuring her cheeks to account for the extraordinary disproportion. Willis the Pilot Better the dead were gather'd to the dead, Than death and life in disproportion meet.— The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 A disproportion for which, by some singular action of the mind, he took to himself considerable credit. Mount Music This disproportion is due to the more liberal policy of America in the matter of the Boxer indemnity. The Problem of China With the larger cotyledon the crying disproportion between the number of eggs and the available provision disappears. A Book of Exposition There is a still greater disproportion between the whites and blacks in Maryland, where there are not more than twenty thousand whites and at least two hundred thousand negroes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 What a disproportion often between his science and his real education. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index The frequent, not to say ordinary, disproportion between moral worth and worldly prosperity has at all times led the observant and reflecting few to a nicer consideration of the current belief, whether instinctive or traditional. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy If you think of what most of us do in this world, and of what it is in us to be, and to do, it is almost ludicrous to consider the disproportion. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) It appears to us as a certain disproportion in the picture, caused by the obtrusion of the whims of the painter. Past and Present The disproportion in artillery was nearly as great. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 The few gorged, the many famished—strange disproportion! unkind and unfair balance! The Waters of Edera For some considerable number of days, however, his walks only furnished him with food for reflection on the common disproportion of means to ends in this life. Miss Bretherton Possibly it is even more bored; unwittingly it is affected by a sense of disproportion. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" The evident disproportion in the sizes did not trouble her in the least. Sweetapple Cove The workman cast supercilious glances at the machine, when suddenly a stream of rice as thick as his wrist began to pour out, and continued to pour in startling disproportion to his tiny pile. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines With this spirit of ignorant or lawless admiration the novelty of yesterday is eclipsed by the novelty of to-day; other things being equal, the later instance of disproportion always outbids the earlier. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England His third defect is the disproportion of his wishes to his means. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 And accordingly what, above all, exasperates the man of taste is the spectacle of vice, is its deformity, its disproportions. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 A caricature so disproportions and exaggerates as to make hideous or ridiculous. Quiet Talks on Prayer Antonyms: asymmetry, disproportion. sympathetic, a. compassionate, commiserating, pitiful, kind, tender. sympathize, v. have sympathy, commiserate, condole with; agree, be in accord. sympathy, n. fellow-feeling, tenderness; pity, commiseration, compassion, condolence; accord, agreement, rapport, concord. Putnam's Word Book Yet I am not aware that any instance of disproportion or unfitness has ever been successfully pointed out in his works. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The enemy was a fine European-built ship, of 50 guns, and the disproportion was so great between us, that there seemed no hopes of escaping, as we were under his lee. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Their faults were to be held as "the disproportions of the ungrown giant." Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I The soul which is in the soul of each, craving a perfect beatitude, detects incongruities, defects, and disproportion in the behavior of the other. Emerson and Other Essays Such a disproportion between adults and minors being unknown in this hemisphere, it was at once set down as an American exaggeration, to pretend to have them in the other. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland The violation of nature, in this instance, may be expressed as disproportion. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Since she could not possibly even hold this disproportion stationary, her best resource seemed to be to endeavor to keep it practically harmless by maintaining a balance of power in the government. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I There is disproportion in the movement: it is slow in the first part, drawing together in texture and gaining in speed during its closing portion. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Were the pedigree of the canvas a less well-authenticated one, one might be tempted to deny Titian's authorship altogether, so extraordinary are, apart from other considerations, the disproportions in the figure of the youth Francesco. The Later Works of Titian Let us, however, try to give an idea of the disproportion existing between the country's resources and the demands which were made on her. Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium Crowe and Cavalcaselle have called attention to a certain disproportion in the size of the head, as compared with that of the surrounding actors in the scene. The Earlier Work of Titian And so this disproportion of the Senate to the people will go on, and must go on, and we cannot prevent it. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style And what social system is this which has for its base disproportion and injustice? The Man Who Laughs The imprint of this disproportion or lack of proportion can even be found in the theological teaching of long ago and now. Quiet Talks on Service When the tables were removed, the soldiers danced in their armour, with the few ladies who were present; but the disproportion was very great, and the scene became truly ludicrous. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time A similar disproportion is to be observed in another early Titian, the Christ between St. Andrew and St. Catherine in the Church of SS. The Earlier Work of Titian And now let me add, that this disproportion can never be diminished; it must remain for ever. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Horror, which disproportions everything, blurred its dimensions while retaining its shape. The Man Who Laughs If there be the most unpleasant disproportions in the turn of your limbs—any awkwardness or deformity in your figure, the enchantment of this mighty wizard instantly communicates symmetry and elegance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829 The conviction seems at length to have made its way to the minds of all that the disproportion between the public responsibilities and the means provided for meeting them is no casual nor transient evil. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler Political satire finds expression in cartoons, for the most part of that crude sort which depicts public men as horrific ogres and malformed monsters of appalling disproportions. The Long White Cloud This last hypothesis would mitigate the apparent disproportion in the times assigned to the different parts of the journey, and would, I think, clear the text of error. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The disproportion, considering the difference of situation, is not very great. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient And the spiritual idea, having no other reality to express its essence, expatiates in all these natural shapes, seeks itself in their unrest and disproportion, but finds them inadequate to it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes All this must that other department be, and this other capacity achieve or there is a fatal disproportion in the progress of man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 It was bad enough being lost with you; I couldn’t bring you into ridicule with them by the disproportion they’d have felt in my efforts for you after you turned your foot. Between the Dark and the Daylight The disproportion between the purposes for which the Church with its ministry was founded and the actual tone of feeling among those responsible for its service had become too great. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 He was feeble and small of stature, but the thing about him that struck you at first sight was the disproportion between his shrunken body and his immense head. The Shadow of the Cathedral Difficult as it has always been, the difficulty inevitably becomes greater when there is a grave disproportion—an excess in numbers of one sex over the other. Sex and Common-Sense The disproportion between his intellect and his character, between the boundless pride and the impassioned weakness of his spirit, had little by little estranged his friends and worn out the admiration of his contemporaries. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 They were probably not extremely beautiful, at least there was no such disproportion in the attractions of the external form between the female and male sex among the Greeks, as exists among the modern Europeans. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The disproportion now is as three or four to one, and must continue to increase. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. The disproportion between the deaths of adults and those of children, which has been a subject for comment by every writer on Mormonism, is peculiarly noticeable there. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 And in this country, whereas there was a disproportion of something like a million more women than men before the war broke out, there is now a disproportion of about one and three-quarter millions. Sex and Common-Sense The Queen of Spain had died at the age of twenty-six, in 1714; did the princess for a moment conceive the hope of marrying Philip V. in spite of the disproportion in rank and age? A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 A like disproportion between the vastness of results and the minuteness of verbal distinction is exhibited in this decision by the House. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism And then for the first time it dawned upon him that there were novel disproportions in the world. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth You write me word, that I'm out of favour with a certain poet, whom I have admired for the disproportion of him and his attributes. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author I know that this method of composition, if it has the merit of freshness, entails some inequality of style and disproportion in the distribution of materials. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts A: The hard usage the Negroes meet with in the plantations, and the great disproportion between them and the white people, will always be a just cause of terror. Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects Every boon given to the bettered class increases the disproportion and actually helps to push yet further down the one left out. The Trade Union Woman Mrs. Bittacy soon afterwards came to regard them as some growth of disproportion that had been very largely, perhaps, in her own mind. The Man Whom the Trees Loved The second difficulty arose from the disproportion of qualified voters in the Northern and Southern States, and the disadvantages which this mode would throw on the latter. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 It was a keen sense of this disproportion between size and sense which barbed the sharpest arrows of Dr. Swift. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 The assemblage of Indians was large, but I was struck by the great disproportion, or excess, of women and children. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers That Loeben has been so totally neglected by historians and encyclopedists is simply a case of that disproportion that so frequently characterizes general treatises. Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei And so, in the loneliness of that drab English winter, the mind of Mrs. Bittacy, preying upon itself, and fed by constant dread, went lost in disproportion. The Man Whom the Trees Loved First, tell us, why did any come? next, why In such a disproportion to the Dry! The Spectator, Volume 2. The disproportion between the slight mass of the drum and the bones it actuated, is said to have suggested to him the employment of goldbeater's skin as membrane in his speaking telephone. Heroes of the Telegraph Notwithstanding the great disproportion of numbers, 18 of the enemy were killed, all the rest wounded, and their launch taken. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson In every step of the inquiry, we are compelled to feel and acknowledge the immeasurable disproportion between the size of the object and the capacity of the human mind. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 All such disproportions are regrettable, but this is not extreme: we have seen horses of a different colour since then. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa These and her general preparations had perhaps a certain disproportion. Ann Veronica, a modern love story But this disproportion will seem still more shocking when it is remembered that the calculation which we have just made concerning the electoral class is altogether wrong, altogether in favor of the voters. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery These people from Cairo professed to be amazed at the ludicrous disproportion between their numerical forces and mine. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East I know it is so; and I know it is not a mere natural disfigurement, like a criminal mutilation, or a hereditary disproportion in the features. The Wisdom of Father Brown The whole business of love, and love-making and marrying, is painted by the novelists in a monstrous disproportion to the other relations of life. The Rise of Silas Lapham George Sand discovers that there are certain inconveniences connected with intimacies in which there is such disproportion of age and of social position. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings In the first case, the reduction is insufficient for agriculture and the poor; in the second, the capitation-tax still exists, in its enormous disproportion. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery He was inwardly sensible of a sort of condescension in entering so diminutive and homely a place—a kind of half amusing disproportion between Jos. Wylder's Hand The cause of all crises, whether called production-crises or capital-crises, lies simply in over-production--that is, in the disproportion between production and consumption; and this disproportion does not exist among us. Freeland A Social Anticipation The beauty who is totally free from disproportion of parts and features, cannot be ridiculed by an overcharged resemblance. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 In the country, though, where difference of age is soon less apparent, the disproportion does not seem as objectionable as it would in city life. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings A comparison with the surrounding West Indian countries reveals considerable disproportion. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Let me propose further that the minor posts be recast with less disproportion. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. The undertakers will now increase their consumption; and after all one might suppose it would be impossible that a general disproportion should exist between supply and demand. Freeland A Social Anticipation As an approach to historical truth was necessary, the action and catastrophe were not in the poet's power; there is, therefore, an unpleasing disproportion between the beginning and the end. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 |
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